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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 6, 2001
Contact:
Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27
For 18 years, Sudan has been plagued by a civil war that has killed more than 2 million people and displaced more than 4 million. Religion is a major factor in... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 2001
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Eileen A. Sullivan, Deputy Director of Communications, (202) 523-3240, ext. 26
The U.S. Commission has written to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell asking him to "raise prominently the protection of religious freedom in China... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 13, 2001
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Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today issued the following statement:
"The Commission is deeply disappointed by today's... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 27, 2001
Contact:
Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27
Leila Nadya Sadat of St. Louis, Mo., and Felice Gaer of Paramus, N.J., have been appointed by House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt to the U.S. Commission on... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 23, 2001
Contact:
Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27
Michael K. Young, Dean of the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., has been reappointed to the Commission on International Religious Freedom... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 30, 2001
Contact:
Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today released the text of a May 14 letter to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell asking him to raise... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 22, 2001
Contact:
Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240, ext. 27
WHAT: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify before the House International Relations Committee on its 2001 Annual Report. Former... Read More